The main character and hero of the game. The catch is that you play as four Links in this game, but his/their destiny is the same as always. With the Four Sword/s in hand/s, he/they set out to SaveThePrincess and defeat the EvilSorcerer Vaati.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Princess Zelda, of course.* BackToBackBadasses: When the four Links fight alongside each other.* BashBrothers: The fact that the Link who collects the most rupees gets a special reward at the end of each level encourages this.* HeroismIncentive: The Links have to prove their worth as heroes to the Great Fairies... by collecting lots of money for them.* ImplausibleFencingPowers* MesACrowd

Princess Zelda is Link's childhood friend. At the beginning of the game, she explains the Four Sword´s backstory to Link. She is worried that the seal on Vaati might be weakening and goes to check on it, which promptly gets her [[DesignatedVictim kidnapped by Vaati]].

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/japanguide_alttpfs_072_7806.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:The Great Fairies of Forest,Flame and Ice]]

Three Great Fairies that hold the keys that are needed to advance further and eventually reach Vaati. However, they won´t give them to the Links for free. They first have to prove themselves to them by collecting many rupees.

* BigGood: They´re essentially this for the game.* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: They first grant the Links the heroic titles of "little eggs".

Vaati is a powerful EvilSorcerer in Four Swords. No longer remembering [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap his past as a Picori]], his motivation is entirely based on his lust.

* BlowYouAway: Did his title of "wind mage" not tip you off?!* DirtyOldMan: He's several hundred years old, yet [[FreudWasRight he kidnaps Zelda (who is around twelve) to be his bride]].* EvilLaugh* EvilSorcerer* FacelessEye* GenericDoomsdayVillain: He wants to force Zelda to marry him, because... erm... We aren't given a reason; apparently, he's just a pervert.* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: His entire motivation for this game is kidnapping Zelda and making her his bride.* InterimVillain: More of a meta-example.* LaserGuidedAmnesia: WordOfGod stated that this is the reason why he seems different from his Minish Cap interpretation. Apparently, Link gave him amnesia with the first defeat.* MeaningfulName: In the Japanese version, he's called "Gufu", which literally means "tornado".* MotiveDecay: Chronologically. After the events of Minish Cap, Vaati lost his memory of being a Picori, and no longer desires the Light Force: all he wants is a bride.* SealedEvilInACan: He starts out sealed in the Four Sword.